Twitter GIFs coming to a mobile screen near you. Thousands of thumbs could be heard breathing a sigh of relief recently. Twitter is reportedly testing a new button that will relieve users of having to prowl the web for the perfect GIF to post. Some users have already been able to use the button, and it […]
I want to inspire designers. Graphic designers all over the world rejoice when projects are completed in a timely and non-stressful manner. But have you ever thought that perhaps there’s an easier, more efficient way to complete a task? Paul Trani, Sr. Creative Cloud Evangelist for Adobe, is set on empowering designers to step out […]
Using a word without fully grasping its meaning is a linguistic crime. If you were to ask Maggie Gross, she would tell you that “average” is a word which has fallen victim to this practice. Her research project, “Understanding Average,” is an act of rehabilitation. Gross’ industry is advertising. She works for Havas Worldwide in […]
Startup Leadership as a Ticket to Success Sunday, March 13 5:00PM – 6:00PM Hilton Austin Downtown Salon E 500 E 4th St This panel will consist of Annie Cardinal, production design engineer for Produktworks Design, Derek Lidow, professor at Princeton, longtime global CEO, innovator and startup coach, along with Guillaume Delepine, Associate at KPMG LLP. […]
We live in an era where kids as young as six three and four browse the Internet. And most of us are aware of that being the most popular pastime. However, at that young age and even older, 11 or 12, are children fully able to balance their usage? Do they know when to take a […]
“The audience is the only thing that’s going to keep journalism alive.” In a media world full of choice for news content, news satire is doing more than drawing large audiences. Programs like The Colbert Report have gained so much popularity that they are, to some, a trusted source for political news and commentary. In her […]
What do Twitter and Snapchat have to do with a century-old print news giant? Well, everything. It’s no secret to SXSW attendees that in today’s digital-first media landscape, traditional news media must adapt or perish. The 2016 presidential election has brought candidates and reporters alike to Snapchat in ever more attempts to engage, inform and […]